380 S 1530 E, Room 502, Dept. of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
380 S 1530 E, Room 502, Dept. of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
Biol Psychol. 2021 Feb;159:108027. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2021.108027. Epub 2021 Jan 18.
During pregnancy, a woman's emotions can have longstanding implications for both her own and her child's health. Within-person emotional concordance refers to the simultaneous measurement of emotional responses across multiple levels of analysis. This method may provide insight into how pregnant women experience emotions in response to stress. We enrolled 162 pregnant women and assessed concordance through autonomic physiology (electrodermal activity [EDA], respiratory sinus arrhythmia [RSA]), and coded behavior (Prosocial, Flight, Displacement) during the Trier Social Stress Test-Speech. We used multilevel models to examine behavioral-physiological concordance and whether self-reported emotion dysregulation moderated these effects. Participants exhibited EDA-Prosocial concordance, suggesting that prosocial behavior may be a marker of stress. Emotion dysregulation did not moderate concordance. These findings provide novel information about behavioral coping to stress in pregnancy. Given the importance of observed behavior in the maintenance and treatment of psychopathology, these findings may provide a launchpad for future perinatal intervention research.
在怀孕期间，女性的情绪会对其自身和孩子的健康产生长期影响。个体内情绪一致性是指在多个分析层面上同时测量情绪反应的方法。这种方法可以深入了解孕妇在面对压力时的情绪体验。我们招募了 162 名孕妇，并在 Trier 社会应激测试-演讲期间通过自主生理（皮肤电活动[EDA]、呼吸窦性心律失常[RSA]）和行为编码（亲社会、逃避、转移）来评估一致性。我们使用多层次模型来检验行为-生理一致性，以及自我报告的情绪调节是否调节这些效应。参与者表现出 EDA-亲社会一致性，这表明亲社会行为可能是压力的一个指标。情绪调节并没有调节一致性。这些发现为怀孕期间应对压力的行为应对提供了新的信息。鉴于观察到的行为在维持和治疗精神病理学中的重要性，这些发现可能为未来的围产期干预研究提供一个起点。
